Paramount and Webtoon Highlight a Busy Stretch for Pop Culture Brands on the Stock Market
Column by Rob Salkowitz
July 8, 2024

This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz looks at recent public company deals and their impact on geek culture.

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Rolling for Initiative -- Are Wizards Accounts the Future of EventLink?
Column by Scott Thorne
July 8, 2024
This week, columnist Scott Thorne discusses the journal promotion for Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Skaventide and Wizards of the Coast's EventLink test.
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Rolling for Initiative – 'Skaventide' Boiler Room Push; WotC's Love Your LGS Promo
Column by Scott Thorne
July 1, 2024
This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at the "boiler room" push behind Warhammer: Age of Sigmar – Skaventide, and Wizards of the Coast's Love Your Local Game Store promotion.
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Webtoon Raises $365M+, Worth $2.9B; Supply Chains Faltering; DVDs to Specialty Retail
World According to Griepp - The Week in Business
June 29, 2024
It’s been a busy week on ICv2 and business news has been hopping, so I’m rounding up some major stories in this weekend column.
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Unfortunately, DC's AI Mess Is Just the Beginning
Column by Rob Salkowitz
June 24, 2024
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz examines the recent controversy over apparently AI-generated (or assisted) DC covers, and what it means.
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Rolling for Initiative -- The Skaven are Coming; Are You Excited?
Column by Scott Thorne
June 24, 2024
This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at Warhammer: Age of Sigmar - Skaventide and Free RPG Day.
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Rolling for Initiative -- End of a 'Star Wars' Miniatures Era; Ravensburger Learns the Wrong Lesson
Column by Scott Thorne
June 17, 2024
This week, columnist Scott Thorne discusses the shuttering of AMG's Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: Armada miniatures lines and the next Disney Lorcana set.
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How GlobalComix is Trying to Bring a Webtoon Reading Experience to Panel-and-Page Comics
Column by Rob Salkowitz
June 11, 2024
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz looks at comics designed for print and the webtoon phenomenon – can they be brought together?
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Rolling for Initiative -- ASTRA Marketplace and Academy
Column by Scott Thorne
June 10, 2024
This week, columnist Scott Thorne talks about his experiences at ASTRA in St. Louis.
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The High Cost of FOMO is Coming Due
Column by Rob Salkowitz
June 3, 2024
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz notes how creators and publishers "…that made a side bet on the …streaming economy are now having to survive by their wits alone."
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Rolling for Initiative -- Concerning Cartons
Column by Scott Thorne
June 3, 2024
This week, columnist Scott Thorne discusses the shipping cartons for Disney Lorcana OP materials, and the proliferation of cartons from Penguin Random House and Games Workshop.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Former WotC CEO Gets New Gig
Column by Scott Thorne
May 28, 2024
This week, columnist Scott Thorne talks about ex-Wizards of the Coast CEO Cynthia Williams' new gig at Funko, and softening sales of Pokemon TCG and Disney Lorcana.
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